closing 'lazy mans NW research"

Sun Oct 3 22:59:09 UTC 2010

I ask:

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:47 PM,  <bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com> wrote:
>        i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB.                            
>        or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least                      
>        four ports.                                                                                

and the following suggestions were made:

http://www.datacomsystems.com/products/details.asp?prod=5&itm=1&cat=3
http://www.dual-comm.com/gigabit_port-mirroring-LAN_switch.htm
http://www.netoptics.com/products/product_family_details.asp?cid=1&pid=54&Section=products&menuitem=1
ftp://ftp2.zyxel.com/GS-1524/user_guide/GS-1524_1.12_Ed2.pdf

Of these, it looks like the datacomsystems.com tap will be a good fit.

--bill